mi-parti

Etymology
, from, from , past participle of , from ; compare and. Though the term is beginning in the 17th century, actual use is apparently only recorded from the 19th century onwards.

Adjective

 * 1)  Vertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale.

Noun

 * 1)  A garment vertically divided into two distinctly-coloured or patterned halves.